Washing or cleaning apparatus.



No. 668,255.- Patented Feb. l9, l90l. E. n. EDSON. WASHING 0RCLEANINGAPPABATUS.

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(No Model.)

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EUGENE R. EDSON, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE BUCKEYE FISHCOMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

WASHING OR CLEANING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 668,255. datedFebruary 19, 1901.

Application filed November 9, 1899. Serial No. 736,402. (No model.)

T at whom it may concern: Be it known that I, EUGENE R. EnsoN, aresident of Cleveland, county of Cuyahoga, and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing or CleaningApparatus; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it pertains I0 to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in washing or cleaning apparatusmore especially designed for cleaning and rinsing fishscales,fish-sounds, fish-bladders, and other I 5 parts of fish and othermaterial.

The object of this apparatus is to remove the slime and other foreignmatter accumulating or formed upon the exterior of the fishscales ormaterial that requires Washing and 2e to render possible the treatmentof a large quantity of material at one time.

With this object in View the invention consists in certain features ofconstruction and combinations of parts hereinafter described,

and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure I is a view in perspective ofapparatus embodying my invention. Fig. II is a diagonal vertical sectionon line II II, Fig. I. Fig. III is a top plan in horizontal section online III III, Fig. II. The track 17 and the tank 66 are not shown inFig. II, and the tank is omitted in Fig. III.

Referring to the drawings, a designates a 3 5 tank over which thefish-scales or material that requires washing is cleaned and which isadapted to receive the slime or other foreign matter removed from thematerial. The tank a is shown only in Fig. I. A track b extends over andacross the said tank, and a carriage c, in which the fish-scales ormaterial is cleaned, is mounted upon the said track and ismovableendwise of the track from the place at which the material thatre- 5 quires cleaning is deposited in the carriage to the place over theaforesaid tank where the cleaning operation takes place.

The carriage 0 consists, preferably, of a perforated receptacle or boxor basket-like structure,that is, the sides and bottom of the saidreceptacle or box are provided with numerous perforations for-drainingfrom the material placed therein for cleaning the foreign matter removedfrom the material, together with the water that participated in thecleaning operation. The receptacle or box has, preferably, a cover ortop 0, that may be perforate or im perforate, as desired. The four sidesand the bottom and preferably the top of the boxvor receptacle arecomposed, pref- 6o erably, of woven wire or a network of suitablematerial having the meshes, interstices,

or perforations therethrough small enough to prevent the fish-scales orother material that is cleaned within the receptacle or box fromescaping from the latter with the foreign'matter and the cleansingliquid.

The receptacle or box is preferably quadranular in plan, and each cornerof the box or receptacle is formed, preferably, by an upright pipe 6,that is provided with three upright rows 6, c and e of lateral orificesarranged to dischargeinwardly into the receptacle, and the threedifierent rows of orifices are arranged, preferably, as required, todischarge in the direction of the different remaining upright pipes e,respectively-that is, one, e, of the rows of orifices of each uprightpipe e is arranged centrally between the two other rows 6 and e oforifices of the said pipe and discharges diagonally into the centralportion of the receptacle in the direction of the diagonally oppositelyarranged pipe e, and the said rows 8 and e of orifices discharge intothe receptacle at opposite sides, respectively, of the said central rowe in the direction of the two remaining upright pipes e. The orifices ofeach row are arranged, preferably, at short intervals, and each row oforifices extends, preferably, from end to end of the pipe provided withthe said row of orifices. The wire or network composing the bottom,sides, and top of the receptacle and the pipes e are secured or tiedtogether in any approved manner. All of the said 5 pipes e are closed attheir lower ends, as at e, and at their upper ends at the top of thereceptacle are connected by means of elbows d with pipes f, thatconverge toward the middle of the receptacle, where the said pipes f areconnected in common, by means of a fivearmed pipe connection g, with ashort pipesection g, that is removably connected, by means of a couplingg with the valved watersupply pipe h, to which Water under pressure isconveyed in any approved manner. Each pipefis preferably provided uponits under side with numerous downwardly-discharging orifices f, arrangedat short intervals longitudinally of the pipe.

After placing in the receptacle the desired mass of fish-scales ormaterial to be cleaned the normally-closed valve h of the watersupplypipe is opened. During the operation of theapparatus numerous streams ofwater are discharged into the mass of material at different elevationsand in different directions, and the material is consequently thoronghlyagitated and stirred Within the receptacle to such an extent that thewater under pressure reaches every portion of the materialandeffectually cleans the material, and the foreign matter, together withthe water that participated in the cleaning operation, escapes at the numerous perforation s,meshes, or interstices in the sides and bottom ofthe receptacle into the tank arranged below.

The receptacle is provided with a door Z for affording access to thereceptacles interior as required to supply the receptacle with thematerial to be cleaned or to remove cleaned material therefrom. Thereceptacle illustrated has the door Z, forming a-portion of the bottomof the receptacle, and the said door is hinged at. one end, as at Z, tothe adjacent portion of the bottom, and is secured in its closedposition by hooks or fastening devices 1 that are easily manipulated. Byuncoupling the pipe-section g of the receptacle from the water-supplypipe and then removing and turning the receptacle down side up andunfastening and opening the door Z material can readily be introducedinto or removed from the receptacle.

What I claim is 1. Apparatus of the character indicated, comprising areceptacle having a top or cover, a perforated bottom and perforatedsides, upright pipes arranged a suitable distance apart at the outerport-ions of the receptacle and provided with numerous lateral orificesarranged to discharge inwardly into the rec'eptacle, and means forsupplying the cleaning liquid to the said pipes, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

2. Washing or cleaning apparatus of the character indicated, comprisinga perforated receptacle; upright pipes arranged a suitable distanceapart within the outer portions of the receptacle, and provided withlateral orifices arranged to discharge inwardly'into the receptacle;branch pipes converging from the aforesaid upright pipes; the valvedwatersupply pipe, and a pipe connection connecting the aforesaid branchpipes together and removably connected to the water supply pipe,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. Washing or cleaning apparatus of the I character indicated,comprising a perforated receptacle; upright pipes arranged'a suitabledistance apart at the outer portions, and ex tending from top to bottom,of the receptacle, which pipes are closed at theirlower'ends and havenumerous orifices arranged to discharge into the receptacle; branchpipes converging from the aforesaid'upright pipes and provided withorifices arranged to discharge downwardly into the receptacle; thevalved water-supply pipe; a pipe connection connecting together the saidbranch pipes, and means for coupling the said pipe connection to thewater-supply pipe, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. Apparatus of the character indicated, comprising a wire receptaclehaving a top or cover and having meshes in its sides and bottom; uprightpipes arranged a suitable distance apart at the outer portions of thereceptacle and provided with numerous lateral orifices arranged todischarge inwardly into the receptacle, and means for supplying thecleaning liquid to the said pipes, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

Signed by me at Cleveland, Ohio, this 25th day of October, 1899.

EUGENE R. EDSON.

Witnesses:

O. H. DORER, A. H. PARRATT.

